Keywords: Lot 7360-17: U.S. Navy Expedition to observe the 1889 solar eclipse from Africa. USS Pensacola, target practice off St. Helena, February-March 1890. Hauling the cannon in. Photographed by Herman S. Davis, who was the assistant astronomer of the expedition. (8/21/2015). Lot 7360-17: U.S. Navy Expedition to observe the 1889 solar eclipse from Africa. USS Pensacola, target practice off St. Helena, February-March 1890. Hauling the cannon in. Photographed by Herman S. Davis, who was the assistant astronomer of the expedition. (8/21/2015). |